Boyhood movie review: time in a cinematic bottle
An audacious coming-of-age tale unique in the history of cinema; deeply moving and beautifully authentic.
London photo: the other side of the Tour de France view
I bet that guy’s view of the Tour de France is incredible.
Snowpiercer movie review: hunger train
Hauntingly grim, full of appalling ironies and awful truths. This is most definitely not the feel-good movie of the summer.
London photo: irony at the Tour de France
No bikes allowed!
The State Within TV review: unknown knowns
A riveting BBC political thriller offering one of the most trenchant explorations yet of the sick symbiosis between big government and big business.
London photo: invasion of the Miffys
I, for one, welcome our adorable tiny cartoon rabbit overlords.
The Raid 2 movie rating: red light
Arthouse martial-arts action that’s incredibly dull even when it’s being pornographic about its extreme bloody violence.
Palo Alto movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)
A meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, shallow, spoiled kids. As you’ve been dying to see.
London photo: Tour de France
I waited for two hours this afternoon — sometimes in the rain — and this was what it looked like when the cyclists finally zipped by.
now an iTunes affiliate!
You will now start seeing iTunes links to movies (and other goodies, when appropriate), including in my weekly what-to-stream roundups.
